Resources
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Strategy | Video
9 September 2020 - For many investors, asset allocation begins with an estimate of volatility, producing the most stable portfolio of assets that still can earn the target return. An assumption underpins this process – that volatility has a mathematically-certain relationship with time. That assumption is empirically false, and the ramifications for diversification and strategic asset allocation are enormous. Learn more from experts at State Street Associates about how the choice of risk timeframe influences a portfolio’s long-term success.
Press Release
4 September 2020 - Alan Jope is the Chief Executive Officer at Unilever and has been with the company for over 35 years. Unilever has been a FCLTGlobal Member since the start in 2016 and has been actively engaged with its work and programming since. Earlier this year, Mr. Jope was a panelist at FCLTSummit 2020, speaking in our Funding the Future: Investments in Innovation session. Kewsong Lee currently serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Carlyle and will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer effective September 30, 2020. Carlyle...
Policy | In the News
27 August 2020 - FCLTGlobal CEO Sarah Williamson argues that the short-term ESG investing mindset in the U.S. will hinder growth in a new op-ed.
Incentive Alignment | Article
27 August 2020 - Some long-term investors are ready for companies to depart from the pay-for-performance status quo, but the jury is still out on the method that many of them are considering as a replacement.
Strategy | Toolkit
26 August 2020 - FCLTGLOBAL has developed this guide as an extension of the Risk Conversation Guide published in Balancing Act: Managing Risk Across Multiple Time Horizons.
Strategy | In the News
25 August 2020 - Speaking at a FCLTGlobal discussion on resilience, CPP Investments’ head of Asia Pacific, Suyi Kim said that long-term investors like CPP expect companies and leaders to prepare for the pandemic’s effects on their businesses.
Strategy | Article, Video
24 August 2020 - A panel of global investors discusses market recovery and planning for volatility.
Policy | In the News
18 August 2020 - FCLTGlobal CEO Sarah Williamson identifies key features needed in a 21st-century retirement in the U.S. in a new op-ed.
In the News
18 August 2020 -
Governance, Incentive Alignment | Article
17 August 2020 - FCLTGlobal researchers sat down with MIT Senior Lecturer Robert Pozen to discuss potential ways to implement a change in corporate pay.
Governance, Strategy | Video
12 August 2020 - In the first installment of our new Risk Webinar Series, Ahren Estabrooks (Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan), Carol Geremia (MFS), and Daniel Godfrey (Federated Hermes) discussed the importance of managing investment risk in long-term mandates.
Strategy | Press Release
10 August 2020 - New report from FCLTGlobal aims to rebalance long-horizon R&D investing